"Choice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative
 xuǎn xiàng option / alternative / choice / to choose a project
 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow
 zhǐ néng can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
 bù dé bù have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
 méi fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
 rén xuǎn choice of person / candidate
 yòng yǔ choice of words / wording / phraseology / term
 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
 liǎng nán dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice
 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
 bié wú xuǎn zé to have no other choice
 zhāo qīn to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
 gé lu:4 forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
 bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī to have no other choice / to be the last resort
 mò zhōng yī shì unable to reach a decision (idiom) / cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion
 zhǔ yì to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on
 wú yǐ endlessly / to have no choice
 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
 méi yǒu fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
 tè yì xuǎn zé special choice / special reserve
 bái jiǎn a cheap choice / to choose sth that costs nothing
  Catholics for Choice
 shǒu xuǎn yào wù drug of choice
  Catholics for a Free Choice
  alternative choice
  reproductive choice
  social choice model
  Convention on the Choice of Court
  Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
  weapon of choice
  choice of forum clause
  choice of forum clause
  choice of law clause
  choice of law clause
  Expanding Contraceptive Choice and Improving Quality of Reproductive Health Programmes
 chī qīng chūn fàn to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
 qíng fēi dé yǐ compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
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